Course Readings

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Week 1
Tuesday, 7/19: Theory
In Class Reading
Phillips&Soltis-Intro.pdf



Thursday, 7/21: Behaviorism
Phillips&Soltis-Behaviorism.pdf

Resnick&Ford(Ch2)-Drill and Practice.pdf

Brownell(1935)Effects of Drill.pdf

Additional Resources:
Plato's Cave Allegory
Pavlov's Classical Conditioning Video

Week 2
Tuesday, 7/26: Procedural vs. Conceptual
Skemp (1978) Relational and instrumental understanding.pdf

Star (2005) Procedural.pdf

Thompson (1994) Calculational and Conceptual2.pdf


Additional Resources:
OPTIONAL Niaz (2005) Conceptual Chemistry Teaching.pdf

Stiegler & Hiebert (1999) The Teaching Gap.pdf

TIMSS study webpage (with links to data) http://nces.ed.gov/timss/


Thursday, 7/28: Learning and Transfer
Carraher (1985) Street Math.pdf

Bransford (1999) Transfer.pdf

Loboto(2003) Design Research.pdf


Additional Resources:
OPTIONAL Robertson (1990) Newtons 2nd Law.PDF

On Gestaltism: www.lifecircles-inc.com/Learningtheories/gestalt/gestalttheory.html
Project Based Science Education: šhttp://www.umich.edu/~pbsgroup/
Lesh and English (modeling): http://eprints.qut.edu.au/3520/1/3520.pdf
Ted Talk (improving word problems): http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html
Mathematical Modeling: http://tsg.icme11.org/document/get/812


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Week 3
Tuesday, 8/2: Constructivism Part I
Phillips&Soltis-Constructivism.pdf

Brooks&Brooks-Ch1-3.pdf


Additional Resources
Resnick&Ford(1981) Constructivism.pdf

Ogborn(1997)ScienceConstructivism.pdf

A Private Universe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KUQbeKJTNY


Thursday, 8/4: Constructivism Part II
Brooks&Brooks-Ch9.pdf


Additional Resources
Ernst (1996) Constructivism.pdf

Ernst, P. (1996). Varieties of constructivism: A framework for comparison. In B. Greer (Ed.), Theories of Mathematical Learning (pp. 335-350). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
von Glasersfeld (1981) Radical Constructivism.pdf

Steffe&Kieren(1994) Radical Constructivism.pdf




Week 4
Tuesday, 8/9: Social Learning Theory
Phillips&Soltis-Social Learning Theory.pdf


Optional Resources
Norton&D'Ambrosio(2008) ZPD.pdf

Leve&Wenger(2008)Social Learning Part 1.pdf

Leve&Wenger(2008)Social Learning Part 2.pdf

Leve&Wenger(2008)Social Learning Part 3.pdf

Yackel&Cobb(1996) Emergent Perspective.pdf

http://prezi.com/j2zexxzp3kte/learning-theories/
Cremin (1959) Dewey Progressivism.pdf




Thursday, 8/11: Reactions to Reform
Kirschner (20006) Constructivism Reaction.pdf

Cohen (1990) Mrs. Oublier.pdf



Additional Resources
Pedagogical content tools:
RasmussenMarrongelleJRME2006.pdf

Hypothetical Learning Trajectory:
Simon 1995.pdf

The Case of Noelle:
Hill et al (2008) MKT and MQI.pdf